Murder of Delphine Aussaguel: reconstruction with Cédric Jubillar in Aveyron
Cédric Jubillar participated on Friday in a reconstruction of his wife's murder at Cagnac-les-Mines. After his confessions in July, magistrates and investigators examine whether the crime was premeditated.
Reconstruction of the murder of Delphine Aussaguel in Aveyron
Cédric Jubillar, accused of the murder of his wife Delphine Aussaguel, participated on Friday 2 October 2026 in a reconstruction at Cagnac-les-Mines, in the Tarn. According to centrepresseaveyron.fr, this judicial reconstruction took place following his confessions in July 2026, six years after the disappearance of the victim.
The 39-year-old painter-plasterer, in remand custody since June 2021, admitted in July 2026 to strangling his wife following an argument in their home, whilst their two children were sleeping. This admission of guilt also revealed the location of the body: a field on the outskirts of the commune of Mailhoc, around ten kilometres from the couple's home. DNA analysis of the remains exhumed on 16 July confirmed that they were those of Delphine Aussaguel, a 33-year-old nurse working in a clinic in Albi.
The reconstruction took place in the house where the couple had lived with their children at Cagnac-les-Mines, then at the Mailhoc site where the remains were discovered. Magistrates, gendarmes and lawyers representing the civil interest observed Jubillar's actions, who had to explain on site how he committed the crime. The bushes and tall grass that had invaded the garden below the house were recently cut down to facilitate operations.
The main issue remains determining whether the crime was premeditated or spontaneous. According to the newspaper, Jubillar allegedly told relatives, in a joking tone, that he was going to kill his wife, bury her and that no one would find her. This indication is of interest to the lawyers representing the civil interest, who see in it a possible motive for premeditation. Clarification on this point will feed into the file that magistrates and jurors will examine at the appeal trial, scheduled in Toulouse from 30 April to 14 May 2027.
Philippe Pressecq, lawyer for a cousin of the victim, criticised the daytime conduct of the reconstruction, arguing that the events having taken place during the night of 15 to 16 December 2020 should be replayed under nocturnal conditions. On Wednesday and Thursday, gendarmes conducted a new sequence of searches in a field in Mailhoc that had not yet been subject to investigation, but no new evidence was discovered.
Cédric Jubillar, sentenced at first instance to thirty years' imprisonment, faces life imprisonment on appeal. The first president of the Toulouse Court of Appeal, Chantal Ferreira, indicated that the reconstruction would be considered rather a "reconstruction in situ".
Source: Google News FR — Crime (fr)